Combination circular and envelope



I Sept. 27, 1960 s. MOONEY COMBINATION CIRCULAR AND ENVELOPE Filed Aug.16, 1956 I F l;

ooooooo ooooooooo INVENTOR STUART MOONEY COMBINATION CRCULAR ANDENVELOPE Stuart Mooney, Camp Hill, Pa., assignor to Double 'EnvelopeCorporation, Roanoke, Va., a corporation of Virginia Filed Aug. 16,1956, Ser. No. 604,395

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-70) This invention relates to a combination ofenvelope and circular formed of a single sheet of paper and has for anobject the provision of a simple means for presenting information, suchas insurance information to a prospective customer, and to provide anenvelope which upon inclusion of a stated premium and return to a statedagent will put the insurance in force.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a combination inwhich the portion forming the circular may be readily detached from theenvelope for retention by the insured for his information as to thecoverage of the insurance.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent from the following specification taken with the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters of reference designate similar partsin the several views and in which:

Figure 1 shows the sheet in an unfolded position.

Figure 2 shows the device folded for use.

Figure 3 is a section taken along line 33 of Figure 2.

The blank shown in Figure 1 lends itself to ready and economicalmanufacture with little wastage of paper, and comprises thesubstantially rectangular portions 10, 11 and 12 that form the circularor information portion of the assemblage and body portions 13 and 14 andflap portions 15 and 16 which form the envelope portion of thecombination.

Body portion 14 is provided at opposite margins with gummed areas 17 and18 so that, as seen in Figure 2, the envelope is formed by turning flap15 inwardly against body portion 13 folding body portion 14 andrectangular portion 12 into superimposed position over flap 15, bodyportion 14, and rectangular portion 11. It will be noted that bodyportions 13 and 14 are separated from portions 11 and 12 by a line ofperforations 19 and 20, respectively, so that, when folded, the line ofperforations 20 will coincide with line of perforations 19 so thatgummed portion 17 will be adbored to body portion 13 along line ofperforations 19.

Gummed portion '18 is of course adhered to the outer surface of flap 15to complete the envelope. Flap 16 is shown as being separated fromportion by a slit 21 which aligns with the lines of perforations 19 and20. Flap 16 and portion 10 may be separated by a continuation of line ofperforation 19 instead of by slit 2 1. A spot of adhesive 22 is providedon portion 10 and an area of adhesive 23 is provided on flap 16. Flap 16and portion 10, as is seen in Figure 2, is folded downwardly to overliebody portion 14 of the envelope and portion 12 of the circular, andportion '10 is secured against portion 12 by adhesive spot 22, andsimilarly flap 16 may be tacked against body portion 14 of the envelopeby activation of a small portion of the adhesive area 23.

It will be noted that both surfaces of portions 10, 11 and 12 areavailable for printing information desired in connection with the use ofthe envelope, and as a record of the envelopes use. The outer surface ofbody portions 13 and 14 and flap 16, which is the side not seen inFigure 1, may be printed with necessary data for use in connection withthe envelope to identify it as to the transaction and as to the personwith whom the transaction was made.

As stated above, this combination circular and envelope may be used inconnection with insurance which is solicited by the circular and whichis put in force by return of the envelope with the required premiumenclosed, and with the necessary identifying information placed on theoutside. These circular and envelope combinations may also, of course,be used for solicitation of charitable donations, or ordering specialmerchandise, or many other uses where it is desirable to have aconsiderable amount of descriptive information for the customer, but theamount of necessary return information is somewhat limited.

While various changes may be made in the details of construction orarrangement, it shall be understood that such changes will be within thespirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appendedclaim.

What I claim is:

A combination envelope and circular, comprising an envelope portionformed of a front body portion and a back body portion folded thereover,an edge flap portion on said front body portion folded to lie betweenand be adhesively secured to said back body portion to close one edge ofsaid envelope portion, a closure flap portion extending from the edge ofsaid front body portion remote from the fold between said body portionto overlie said back body portion, and three information bearingportions two of which are lateral extensions of said front and back bodyportions but much wider than said front and back portions and are foldedagainst each other along the line of fold joining the said bodyportions, a line of perforations between said information bearingportions and said front and back body portions, whereby said informationportions are severable from said front and back body portions, saidthird information portion forming a lateral but much onlarged extensionof said closure flap portion, said line of perforations also separatingsaid third information portion from said closure flap portion, said backbody portion being adhesively secured to said front body portionadjacent said line of perforations, said third information portion beingof a width and length substantially the same as the other twoinformation portions and provided with a spot seal to form a closure forsaid circular.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS730,933 Lawson June 16, 1903 893,202 Shaw July 14, 1908 1,013,571Stevens Jan. 2, 1912 1,220,796 Sutter Mar. 27, 1917 6,385 Leary Nov. 28,1922 2,328,380 Feder Aug. 31, 1943 2,527,925 Frampton Oct. 31, 1950

